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Mira Pflanz has completed the first PhD in Health Sciences at the University Medicine Würzburg. The researcher is investigating what a selection process for the dual degree programme in Midwifery might look like.

Würzburg physicist Dr. Kajetan Fijalkowski conducts research into the high-precision measurement of electrical resistance. For its work on this novel quantum resistance standard, he was presented with the Helmholtz Prize.

Heike Rittner, holder of the Chair of Pain Medicine at Würzburg University Hospital, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Controlling the properties of materials by making atoms oscillate back and forth – this is what Dr Jan Gerrit Horstmann and his new Emmy Noether group are working on at the University of Würzburg.

The university and its researchers are always well represented in the media. Here are some recent examples.

Read about new appointments, job anniversaries, research sabbaticals and more.

In her role as an EU official, JMU alumna Thea Emmerling worked with many people from different countries and continents. Reaching a consensus was usually the main focus of her work.

The CuttingGardens conference brings together researchers from various disciplines who work with EEG data. The deadline for registration is 31 August 2026.

The Diocese of Würzburg has appointed Professor Martin Stuflesser to provide pastoral care for evening services on Sundays and public holidays at St Kilian’s Chapel in the Kloster Himmelspforten conference and retreat centre.

Digital media play a major role in young people’s everyday lives. This makes it all the more important for schools to teach pupils how to use them thoughtfully. At the University of Würzburg, teacher training students have developed and tested teaching strategies for this purpose.

The Central Library of the University of Würzburg Library is adjusting its opening hours during the summer months. Reduced opening hours will apply from 1 August up to and including 13 September 2026.

On 21 July, 300 graduates celebrated the completion of their teacher training degree alongside friends and family at the Neubaukirche.

Can a new form of care improve the quality of life for people with heart failure? A study by the German Centre for Heart Failure is investigating this. An initial milestone has now been reached.

The replacement of a single protein building block leads to vastly different disorders in heart muscle cells. This discovery opens up new ways for the treatment of hereditary cardiomyopathies.

Sparking children’s curiosity about molecular biology: that is the aim set by researchers at the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence. They welcomed primary school pupils to the Biozentrum.